Pyrometer



E. BROWN.

(No Maciel.)

PYROMETER.

Patented Aug. 1, 1882,

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD BROWN, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 261,905, dated August 1, 1882.

Application filed May 1, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD BROWN, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Pyrometer for Indicating the Temperature of Shallow Liquids, of which the following is aspecification. My invention is intended for use where the depth ot' the liquid or Vmelted metal is only one or two inches deep, and where there is no facility for inserting an ordinary pyrometer horizontally through the side of the vessel containing the metal.

It consists in combining the usual expansionstem of a pyrometer with a curved pipe containing a curved sliding bar,- by which the dii'erential motion of the stem can be conveyed to the pointer of the instrument through a short pipe placed at an angle with the expansion-stem.

zo Figure 1 is an elevation of my pyrometer with the new portion ot' it in section. Fig. 2 shows a modification of the interior curved bar. Fig. 3 shows the instrument in a bath of melted lead.

2 5 B is the expansion-stem of the instrument, consisting of au outside tube, C, and an inside non-expendio g rod of plumbago ware, D. ThisV is connected by a coupling, d', with a tube, E,

p beutto the radius of a circle. Within this tube 3o is fitted a curved sliding bar, H. When put-u ting the instrument together the bar H is dropped in at the upper` end, and its lower end rests against the rod D. To the top end of this curved piece E is coupled the short joint of pipe K, preferably at right angles, and

within this is placed the connecting-link M, the lower end resting on the curved har. The head N, with the usually contained mechanism, is then screwed on and the link M connected therewith. The rod D and bar H and con- Heating-link Mare kept in contact by a spring iu the head N, which has been shown in my previous patents. The curved pipeE and the sliding bar H terminate substantially at the same point to permit of theintroduction of the said bar, and though the bar may be accurately fitted suciently to insure a smooth movement ofthe pointerP a short motion endwise, sufficient to move the pointer around the dial, may be obtained.

In Fig. 2 the bar H is shown with projections itting the tube, which permits the bar to be bent more easily and the construction of the pyrometer facilitated. By this construction an expansion-stem twelve 'or eighteen inches long may be used in a. bat-h of melted tin one or two inches deep and an accurate indication of the temperature obtained.

I claim- In a pyrometer, the combination of the differential expansion-stem' B, the curved connecting-pipe E, containingthe sliding bar H for conveying the motion of the expansionstem to the connecting-rod M at an angle with the stem, substantially as herein described.

EDW. BROWN.

Witnesses:

PARK MGFARLAND, J r., J oHN F. GEANT. 

